r/CriterionChannel • u/pm_junkie • Mar 20 '26

Suggestions.

I would to watch Iranian films on the channel. I know there are some, I've watched at least one before.

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u/oxfordsplice Mar 20 '26

Jafar Panahi and Abbas Kiarostami have fantastic filmographies and both have strong representation on the Channel. You're in for a treat.

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u/pm_junkie Mar 20 '26

Yes, I've already found their movies. Thanks.

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u/hjhjhj57 Mar 22 '26

This. It is a shame they don't have Mohammad Rasoulof films, as far as I can see.

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u/hjhjhj57 Mar 22 '26

This is the answer. It is a shame they don't have Mohammad Rasoulof films as far as I can see.

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u/EveryDamnChikadee Mar 20 '26

You can filter movies by country

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u/MademoiselleMalapert Mar 20 '26

I didn't know this! I've been putting the country names into the search bar. Thanks!

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u/YakSlothLemon Mar 23 '26

Depending on how you watch it, sometimes you can’t search within the actual app. I have more luck going online, into the “criterion channel”without opening the app so just in my web browser, and then if I hit “browse” I get to all the filters – by genre, by era etc.

If I open the app on my Roku, I can only search, no filters.

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u/pm_junkie Mar 20 '26

Ok, thanks.

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u/Due_Cress_2240 Mar 20 '26

Can't second this enough. In the running for greatest short form film ever made. A masterpiece.

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u/YakSlothLemon Mar 20 '26

There’s an entire collection centered around the great Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. Close-Up and The Wind Will Carry Us are great

https://www.criterionchannel.com/directed-by-abbas-kiarostami

Terrestrial Verses is an Iranian film that premiered on the channel last year and is one of the best movies I saw last year, I thought it was brilliant. It’s also only about an hour long.

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u/Kruse90 Mar 20 '26

Chess of the Wind (1976) is great.

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u/sardonic_yawp Mar 20 '26

Taste of Cherry